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This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label four hello world
Someone offered this:
newenvironment{mydescription}[1]
{begin{list}{}%
{renewcommandmakelabel[1]{##1:hfill}%
settowidthlabelwidth{makelabel{#1}}%
setlengthleftmargin{labelwidth}
addtolengthleftmargin{labelsep}}}
{end{list}}
Which works great (the parameter is the longest label), except I think the enumitem should be able to do this. Unfortunately, the documentation for it is extremely confusing to me. Could someone show me how to achieve the same result with enumitem?
horizontal-alignment lists enumitem description
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
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This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label four hello world
Someone offered this:
newenvironment{mydescription}[1]
{begin{list}{}%
{renewcommandmakelabel[1]{##1:hfill}%
settowidthlabelwidth{makelabel{#1}}%
setlengthleftmargin{labelwidth}
addtolengthleftmargin{labelsep}}}
{end{list}}
Which works great (the parameter is the longest label), except I think the enumitem should be able to do this. Unfortunately, the documentation for it is extremely confusing to me. Could someone show me how to achieve the same result with enumitem?
horizontal-alignment lists enumitem description
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
add a comment |
This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label four hello world
Someone offered this:
newenvironment{mydescription}[1]
{begin{list}{}%
{renewcommandmakelabel[1]{##1:hfill}%
settowidthlabelwidth{makelabel{#1}}%
setlengthleftmargin{labelwidth}
addtolengthleftmargin{labelsep}}}
{end{list}}
Which works great (the parameter is the longest label), except I think the enumitem should be able to do this. Unfortunately, the documentation for it is extremely confusing to me. Could someone show me how to achieve the same result with enumitem?
horizontal-alignment lists enumitem description
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label four hello world
Someone offered this:
newenvironment{mydescription}[1]
{begin{list}{}%
{renewcommandmakelabel[1]{##1:hfill}%
settowidthlabelwidth{makelabel{#1}}%
setlengthleftmargin{labelwidth}
addtolengthleftmargin{labelsep}}}
{end{list}}
Which works great (the parameter is the longest label), except I think the enumitem should be able to do this. Unfortunately, the documentation for it is extremely confusing to me. Could someone show me how to achieve the same result with enumitem?
horizontal-alignment lists enumitem description
horizontal-alignment lists enumitem description
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
asked Aug 18 '12 at 17:35
mk12mk12
8471915
8471915
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This is one possibility:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{calc}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
begin{description}[leftmargin=!,labelwidth=widthof{bfseries The longest label}]
item[The longest label] text
item[Short] long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text
end{description}
end{document}
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
1
Thanks for theleftmargin=!option!
– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
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A solution using the scrextend package (taken from WikiBook):
documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
usepackage{scrextend}
begin{document}
begin{labeling}{alligator} % alligator is the longest label
item [textbf{ant}]really busy all the time
item [chimp] likes bananas
item [alligator] very dangerous animal, sharp teeth, long
muscular tail and a bit of text that is longer than one
line and shows the alignment of text quite nicely
end{labeling}
end{document}
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
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This is one possibility:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{calc}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
begin{description}[leftmargin=!,labelwidth=widthof{bfseries The longest label}]
item[The longest label] text
item[Short] long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text
end{description}
end{document}
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
1
Thanks for theleftmargin=!option!
– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
add a comment |
This is one possibility:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{calc}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
begin{description}[leftmargin=!,labelwidth=widthof{bfseries The longest label}]
item[The longest label] text
item[Short] long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text
end{description}
end{document}
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
1
Thanks for theleftmargin=!option!
– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
add a comment |
This is one possibility:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{calc}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
begin{description}[leftmargin=!,labelwidth=widthof{bfseries The longest label}]
item[The longest label] text
item[Short] long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text
end{description}
end{document}
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
This is one possibility:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{calc}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
begin{description}[leftmargin=!,labelwidth=widthof{bfseries The longest label}]
item[The longest label] text
item[Short] long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text
end{description}
end{document}
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:04
Gonzalo MedinaGonzalo Medina
404k4213231584
404k4213231584
1
Thanks for theleftmargin=!option!
– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
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1
Thanks for theleftmargin=!option!
– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
1
1
Thanks for the
leftmargin=! option!– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
Thanks for the
leftmargin=! option!– paulequilibrio
Nov 12 '16 at 15:28
add a comment |
A solution using the scrextend package (taken from WikiBook):
documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
usepackage{scrextend}
begin{document}
begin{labeling}{alligator} % alligator is the longest label
item [textbf{ant}]really busy all the time
item [chimp] likes bananas
item [alligator] very dangerous animal, sharp teeth, long
muscular tail and a bit of text that is longer than one
line and shows the alignment of text quite nicely
end{labeling}
end{document}
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
add a comment |
A solution using the scrextend package (taken from WikiBook):
documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
usepackage{scrextend}
begin{document}
begin{labeling}{alligator} % alligator is the longest label
item [textbf{ant}]really busy all the time
item [chimp] likes bananas
item [alligator] very dangerous animal, sharp teeth, long
muscular tail and a bit of text that is longer than one
line and shows the alignment of text quite nicely
end{labeling}
end{document}
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
add a comment |
A solution using the scrextend package (taken from WikiBook):
documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
usepackage{scrextend}
begin{document}
begin{labeling}{alligator} % alligator is the longest label
item [textbf{ant}]really busy all the time
item [chimp] likes bananas
item [alligator] very dangerous animal, sharp teeth, long
muscular tail and a bit of text that is longer than one
line and shows the alignment of text quite nicely
end{labeling}
end{document}
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
A solution using the scrextend package (taken from WikiBook):
documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
usepackage{scrextend}
begin{document}
begin{labeling}{alligator} % alligator is the longest label
item [textbf{ant}]really busy all the time
item [chimp] likes bananas
item [alligator] very dangerous animal, sharp teeth, long
muscular tail and a bit of text that is longer than one
line and shows the alignment of text quite nicely
end{labeling}
end{document}
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
answered 18 mins ago
Maximilian JanischMaximilian Janisch
1064
answered 18 mins ago
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